Fitness instructor training and certifications

Developed by Master Trainer SGT Ken

Get certified to teach boot camp fitness

Lead your own profitable program

Fitness business mentoring program

Take your boot camp program to the next level

Learn the art of fitness theater

Program design is only the beginning

Develop better branding for your fitness program

Make your fitness program stand out from the rest

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I recently participated in Sgt Ken's Boot Camp Certification course in Toronto. WOW!! What an amazing experience. I am so thankful there is a course like this. Sgt Ken is a brilliant man and very admirable. I learned so many useful tools and ideas to set my business apart and had a great time doing it. I would definitely recommend this course and any course offered by Sgt Ken.

- Robyn Boyce, Toronto

Start Fitness

About

START Fitness Training Program

Since the doors first opened in 1998 as a full-fledged military inspired fitness program, START Fitness® has helped thousands of people reach their fitness goals and now we're helping instructors around the world reach their career goals. We've been training and certifying instructors since 2005. We look forward to continuing to inspire instructors to think beyond the box and grow in to their fullest potential!

About the founder, SGT Ken

Ken Weichert (aka SGT Ken®) is an award-winning international speaker, six-time US Army Soldier of the Year, Master Fitness Trainer, Master Resilience Trainer, Counterintelligence Agent and highly decorated combat veteran. Ken has trained over 500,000 Service Members and civilians through Operation Fit to Fight, has written over 100 articles for GX®, Backpacker®, Outside®, Health®, and created the Operation Family Fit video series and ?tness kits for the Air National Guard. Ken founded the longest-running Boot Camp ?tness program in the United States, START Fitness®, and has starred in several best-selling ?tness videos. Ken is the recipient of the Canadian Fitness Professionals 2011 “Best New Presenter of the Year” award, the EMPOWER 2013 “Male Presenter of the Year” award, and has been featured numerous times on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox news, and continues to serve as a host for the Fit for Duty show on the Pentagon Channel. Ken is a continuing education provider through the American Council on Exercise (ACE), the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) for the Tactical Fitness Trainer (aka “Boot Camp Instructor”) course. Ken’s mission is to provide safe and effective fitness and resilience training to help people turn stress into strength and obstacles into opportunities.

Looking for the program in San Francisco?

It closed March 31st. However, the majority of our instructors have begun teaching their own programs. They will continue to teach a similar style of programming that they've taught for START Fitness. Bianca will still teach on Mondays at 6a and 7a. Eve will teach Tuesdays at 6a (note the location.) Jamel will teach Wednesdays and Fridays at 6a and 7a and Josslyn will teach on Thursdays at 6:30a.

You can select the program that best fits with your goals and interests and pay the instructor directly.

- Bianca’s program is called, Body By Buresh and runs Mondays at 6a and at 7a at SF Aikikai (1625 Bush St. #4, SF) www.bodybyburesh.com

- Jamel’s program is called Jamel Ramiro Performance Movement Bootcamp and runs Wednesdays and Fridays at 6a and at 7a at SF Aikikai. Thursday is a run club by Josslyn Mikow and begins at 6:30a. (1625 Bush St. #4, SF) www.jamelramiro.com

- Eve’s program is self-titled (Coach Eve) and will take place Tuesdays at 6a. The class meets at the top of the Lyon Street Stairs (Lyon and Broadway) www.coacheve.com

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